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Chapter 191 The Sorcerer's Secret Chamber (Part 2)

"Mr. Chen, I was presumptuous just now."

Wenhao stood up, and said with a mix of embarrassment and nervousness.

Sensing the sudden disappearance of malice from Wen Hao, Chen Miao waved his hand.

Can we continue talking about your ex-girlfriend?

After Chen Miao sat down, he asked.

"Yes, yes, Mr. Chen, please feel free to ask whatever you wish."

Wenhao sat up straight and replied.

"Have you been living with your girlfriend for the past two months?"

"Yes."

Wenhao nodded under Huang Jinjin's gaze.

"Have you ever been to your ex-girlfriend's house?"

"I've been there a few times, not many."

"Have you noticed anything strange in her house?"

Wenhao was puzzled.

"Mr. Chen, what do you mean by 'strange'?"

After thinking for a moment, Chen Miao said, "For example, jars, straw, cinnabar, iron needles, red thread, and even shrines and altars."

Wenhao thought for a moment and then shook his head.

"No such items were found."

"Have you ever seen your girlfriend do anything strange, like collecting your hair, nails, or blood?"

Wenhao shook his head again.

"No."

Chen Miao frowned.

"Have you spent most of the past two months with your girlfriend?"

"No, I have my own things to do."

Chen Miao nodded.

So, Wenhao might not even know what his ex-girlfriend does every day.

It's impossible to determine at this time whether Wenhao's ex-girlfriend is the mastermind behind it all, but she is the prime suspect.

Just as Chen Miao was pondering what to do, Wen Hao seemed to have thought of something.

"Mr. Chen, there's something I need to ask you. Could you please check if there are any problems?"

“Right after I divorced Jinjin, I was in a bad mood, so I went abroad with my ex-girlfriend. She saw some wooden dolls at a street stall and liked them, so I bought them for her.”

"But after I came back, I don't think I ever saw those puppets again."

“Once when I remembered it, I asked her about it, and she said she didn’t like it and threw it away.”

“I didn’t pay attention at the time, but now that I think about it, how could a girl like that kind of rough puppet without any decoration?”

Chen Miao raised an eyebrow.

A puppet?
"I see."

Seeing Chen Miao deep in thought, Wen Hao cautiously asked, "Mr. Chen, is there something wrong with my ex-girlfriend?"

Chen Miao shook his head.

"I can't be sure, unless..."

Chen Miao looked at Wen Hao.

"Unless I go to your ex-girlfriend's house to see for myself, I can't be sure."

Wenhao was stunned for a moment.

He turned to look at Huang Jinjin and gritted his teeth, saying, "If it really is her, I will make her pay the price!"

“Mr. Chen, I’ll arrange to meet her tomorrow, and then you can go to her room and take a look.”

As he spoke, Wenhao took out a bunch of keys from his pocket and removed one from them.

"This is her room key. I was going to return it to her, but I've been busy these past few days and forgot."

What followed was Wenhao's explanation to Huang Jinjin.

Huang Jinjin didn't pay any attention.

Chen Miao picked up the keys and nodded.

"Okay, tell me the address, I'll go take a look."

Wenhao quickly wrote down the address and handed it to Chen Miao.

Afterwards, Chen Miao talked to Wen Hao about his ex-girlfriend, and then the three of them analyzed whether there were any other people who might be involved.

It seemed that he had truly seen a ghost, so Wenhao said a few more names that he hadn't told Huang Jinjin before.

They were all his friends, but Wenhao only mentioned them briefly and didn't go into details.

The three chatted until five in the morning, when Chen Miao felt a warmth in his body and realized that it was time for his yang energy to rise.

He practiced the "Extreme Yin Body Refining Technique" when he came last night, and his body already contained Yin energy. Even though he was not refining his body according to the specific movements, he could still feel the heat emanating from all parts of his body.

This is the Yin energy stored in the body being eliminated by the rising Yang energy. Everyone experiences this, but Chen Miao feels it more clearly because he actively absorbed the Yin energy.

"It's this late, there shouldn't be any danger anymore, Mr. Wen, you can move around once you've rested."

"No, I can do it now."

Although he hadn't slept all night, Wenhao wasn't very sleepy because he had something on his mind.

After washing up, Wenhao left first.

Huang Jinjin originally wanted to go to Wenhao's ex-girlfriend's house with Chen Miao, but Chen Miao refused.

If she really is Wenhao's ex-girlfriend, then her family might have other plans. Bringing Huang Jinjin along would cause trouble.

After arranging everything, Chen Miao went straight to sleep in Huang Jinjin's guest room to get some rest.

Before going to bed, Chen Miao opened the book as usual and glanced at it, but nothing had changed.

Finally, Chen Miao fell asleep from exhaustion.

When Chen Miao woke up again, he was awakened by a knock on the door.

I checked my phone and it was already nine in the morning.

After sleeping for four hours, Chen Miao felt much better.

This is another hidden benefit of practicing the "Extreme Yin Body Refining Technique"—energy recovers faster.

The door opened, and Huang Jinjin stood in the doorway.

“Mr. Chen, Wenhao just called and said he and Miao Jing are already on the street.”

"Okay, I'll pack up and head over."

Chen Miao went back to his room to organize the things in his bag, then washed up and ate the breakfast that Huang Jinjin had prepared for him before leaving Huang Jinjin's house.

It took Chen Miao only forty minutes to drive to Miao Jing's residential area.

Miao Jing's neighborhood is much worse than Huang Jinjin's, but if Chen Miao were to buy a house himself, it would be about the same standard.

Instead of rushing in, Chen Miao first called Qi Ning.

This time it's working.

"Qi Ning, do you have any missions today?"

"I'm on my way back to the city, what's wrong?"

"I might have something to do here, I'll contact you later."

"Okay, I'll be in the city soon too."

After hanging up the phone, Chen Miao got out of the car and walked into the residential area.

Compared to the strict security measures in Huang Jinjin's community, the security in this community was much worse. Chen Miao didn't even have to mention that he had forgotten his access card before the security guard opened the gate.

After looking around, Chen Miao realized that the security guard wasn't targeting him, but rather that he would open the turnstile in advance whenever anyone approached it.

Is this an attempt to demonstrate their service attitude?

Seeing this, Chen Miao had some other thoughts in his mind.

"Let's save up some money and buy a better one. At least the property management should be more responsible. Or we could buy a rural courtyard like Zhong Cai's."

With that in mind, Chen Miao headed towards Miao Jing's apartment building. Before entering the building, Chen Miao put on a mask he had bought on the way, to avoid any unnecessary trouble.

The apartment building has two elevators serving four apartments per floor. Chen Miao stood in front of Miao Jing's door but did not open it with his key.

With his Yin-Yang Eyes activated, Chen Miao saw a faint blood-red light emanating from the keyhole.

"Looks like I didn't make a mistake."

Chen Miao crouched down and looked into the keyhole. Inside, there was blood writhing.

The peach wood shavings on Chen Miao might be useful, but how do you open the door after stuffing the shavings into the keyhole?
The sprays Chen Miao exchanged from the Administration Bureau were all auxiliary and none of them could be used here.

After thinking it over, Chen Miao took out a talisman to ward off evil.

After activation, it was wrapped around the key.

Seeing that the key was covered with a layer of purple, Chen Miao directly inserted it into the keyhole.

A hissing sound rang out, and the blood color faded.

A smile appeared beneath Chen Miao's mask.

The key was not turned further.

After dispelling his yin-yang eyes, Chen Miao took out a book and glanced at it.

After confirming that there was no fatal threat, he turned the key and opened the door.

The interior design features a warm color scheme, creating a cozy and inviting atmosphere.

But when Chen Miao activated his Yin-Yang Eyes, the blood-red aura that filled the room completely destroyed this warm atmosphere.

Chen Miao went inside and locked the door behind him.

He pulled the peach wood sword from the book and unzipped his jacket, revealing various items on his tactical vest.

After placing the black umbrella and bag at the door, Chen Miao walked forward.

The ability to see ghosts has a limited lifespan, so Chen Miao didn't waste any time.

After checking all the rooms, including the toilets, and confirming that no one was there and there was nothing else going on, Chen Miao turned his attention to the balcony.

Of all the rooms, the most intense scent of blood was emanating from the storage cabinet on one side of the balcony.

Or rather, the bloody aura emanating from the entire room was coming from there!
After confirming the target, Chen Miao turned off his Yin-Yang Eyes and walked over.

Standing in front of the locker, Chen Miao activated a blood-light talisman and wrapped it around the hilt of the Seven Star Peach Wood Sword.

After the seven stars on the peach wood sword were activated, Chen Miao used the peach wood sword to block the cabinet door.

The locker doors have a handle-less design and require pressing to open.

After the cabinet door popped open a crack, Chen Miao inserted the peach wood sword into the crack and slowly pried the cabinet door open.

After half of the contents of the cabinet were revealed to Chen Miao, he was stunned.

The cabinet was just a junk box; there was nothing suspicious inside.

The same applies when you open another door.

Frowning, Chen Miao activated his Yin-Yang Eyes once more.

The blood-red color did indeed emanate from the cabinet, but not from the items inside; it came from behind the cabinet!

Chen Miao poked the cabinet wall behind the cabinet with his peach wood sword and heard a hollow beeping sound.

The space behind it is empty!

Despite discovering this situation, Chen Miao was still puzzled.

Judging from the layout of the house, the area behind the cabinet door on the balcony should be where the outdoor unit of the air conditioner is placed, which is exposed to the sunlight!
Other residents can also see it from across the street.

Miao Jing would place the items used in the black magic near the air conditioner outdoor unit?

Chen Miao got up and went to the window.

He opened the window, took out his phone, stretched his hand out, and took a picture of the air conditioner unit.

After the phone was retrieved, Chen Miao opened the video recording.

Except for a small corner behind the air conditioner's outdoor unit, there was nothing unusual about the rest of the unit.

According to Chen Miao's estimate, there wouldn't be much space behind the air conditioner's outdoor unit.

Did the other party really put the item there?
Putting away his phone, Chen Miao returned to the cabinet and began to examine it.

Soon, after Chen Miao moved all the items from the bottom two layers out, he saw a small mechanism.

With a press, the lower half of the cabinet opened outwards with a click!
It's like an outward-opening door.

When Chen Miao saw what was behind the cabinet, he was stunned!

Inside, there was a closed space with a total area of ​​approximately two square meters.

But there should clearly be an air conditioner outdoor unit there!
Chen Miao opened his phone again and looked at the photos he had just taken.

With doubts in mind, Chen Miao noticed something amiss.

"grass!"

Chen Miao finally understood.

The air conditioner outdoor unit he photographed with his phone was a poster that looked incredibly realistic!

In fact, the location of the air conditioner outdoor unit has been made into a sealed room!
Chen Miao truly never expected that there was such a method of illegal construction.

Chen Miao crouched down and looked into that space.

There was a table inside, with some things on it, a jar, and a lamp emitting a red glow.

The entire space is about two meters high, enough for a person to stand inside and do some things.

After examining the cabinet with his Yin-Yang Eyes and finding no problems, Chen Miao removed the bottom partition board and crawled inside.

As soon as he stood up, Chen Miao saw everything on the table.

Two puppets are placed to the side, one of which has been used and the other is new.

In the center of the table, there is a wooden puppet with a photograph pinned to it.

The nail is not an iron nail, but a nail made of wood.

The nail was driven into the face of the person in the photograph, and into the heart of the puppet.

Although he couldn't see the face clearly, Chen Miao knew who the person in the photo was!

Chen Miao peeked behind the puppet again.

There was some hair sandwiched between the photo and the puppet, and some words were written on the back of the photo.

After looking at it, Chen Miao discovered that it was a birthday accurate to the hour.

On the puppet, Chen Miao also saw some dark red bloodstains.

Seeing all this, Chen Miao frowned.

If Miao Jing still has a chance to get the hair, how did she get the blood and the birthdate accurate to the hour?
Chen Miao then noticed some other odds and ends on the table.

Those items correspond to some of the materials in "Blood Infant Descent".

"It seems that Miao Jing really did cast a curse last time."

Chen Miao's gaze shifted to the jar that was being worshipped on the table.

In the state of Yin-Yang vision, there was a bloody aura in the jar, but not much.

Chen Miao reached out and unscrewed the jar. After finding nothing amiss, he looked over.

After seeing what was inside, Chen Miao put the lid back on with a grim expression.

He immediately called Qi Ning.

"Qi Ning, come here. We've discovered a hideout for sorcerers."

"By the way, do you know how to break a curse?"

Qi Ning had just returned to the station when he heard the news. Without even taking a break, he replied, "I don't understand, but someone does. I'll take them there."

"You'd better not touch anything belonging to a sorcerer; it could cause trouble!"

Chen Miao nodded in agreement.

After taking one last look at the contents of the secret room, Chen Miao emerged from it.

Half an hour later, Qi Ning arrived.

Accompanying me was an acquaintance.

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(End of this chapter)